The Best Episodes of Sheep in the Big City Season 1
Every episode of Sheep in the Big City Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Sheep in the Big City Season 1!
Sheep in the Big City is an American animated television series which ran on Cartoon Network for two seasons, from November 17, 2000, to April 7, 2002. The series' pilot first premiered as part of Cartoon Network's "Cartoon Cartoon Summer" on August 18, 2000. Created by Mo Willems, the bulk of the show follows a runaway sheep, Sheep, in its new life in "the Big City". It also features several unrelated sketches and shorts, similar to The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show. With an emphasis on more "sophisticated" humor, using multiple forms of rhetoric from the characters to the plots, it was more popular with older audiences. It was also unusual in featuring many comic references to film-making and television broadcasting. At the time, the premiere of Sheep in the Big City was the highest-rated premiere for a Cartoon Network original series.
Season 1 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Sheep in the Big City" season 1 is "In the Baa-ginning", rated 7.9/10 from 33 user votes. It was directed by Mo Willems and written by Mo Willems. "In the Baa-ginning" aired on 11/4/2000 and is rated 0.6 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Be Still My Bleating Heart".
7.9/10 33 votes#1 - In the Baa-ginning
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/4/2000
Sheep decides to leave Farmer Brown in pursuit of a happy life in the Big City. Little does he know that from now on he will be chased by a secret military organization.
Director: Mo Willems
Writer: Mo Willems
7.3/10 25 votes#2 - Be Still My Bleating Heart
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/17/2000
Sheep falls in love with a poodle called Swanky, and coincidentally, Swanky's owner hates sheeps.
Director: Karen Villarreal
Writer: Mo Willems
7.6/10 22 votes#3 - To Bleat or Not to Bleat
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/24/2000
A girl called Lisa Rental saves Sheep from General Specific so that she can keep him as a pet.
Director: Mike de Seve
Writer: Mo Willems
7.4/10 20 votes#4 - Belle of the Baaah
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/1/2000
Sheep gets more than he bargained for when he accidentally swallows a diamond and receives much of the town's adoration and attention.
Director: Maurice Joyce
Writer: David Wain, Mo Willems
6.9/10 18 votes#5 - Going Off the Sheep End
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/8/2000
While Sheep tries to grab Swanky's attention by making unnecessary changes to himself, the Angry Scientist comes up with less-than-foolproof and idiotic plans to capture Sheep.
Director: Sue Perrotto
Writer: Joey Mazzarino, Mo Willems
7.3/10 18 votes#6 - Home for the Baa-lidays
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/29/2000
Sheep returns to the farm for the holidays.
Director: Karen Villarreal
Writer: Mo Willems
7.3/10 18 votes#7 - Can't Live Without Ewe
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/12/2001
While Sheep goes into a fake sheep convention set up by the military wearing a mustache, Farmer John misses him, and hires The German Sheperd to bring Sheep home.
Director: Karen Villarreal
Writer: Mo Willems
7.0/10 14 votes#8 - 15 Muttons of Fame (aka They'll Flock to See Ewe)
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/26/2001
When an agent for a dishwashing commercial discovers Sheep, Sheep decides to become a model to avoid General Specific. However, he might have to give up his friends.
Director: Maurice Joyce
Writer: Mo Willems
7.6/10 18 votes#9 - The Agony of De-Bleat
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/2/2001
When General Specific actually captures Sheep, he fires all of the people that work at the Secret Military Base. However, the crew decide to free Sheep to get their jobs back.
Director: Sue Perrotto
Writer: Mo Willems
7.2/10 17 votes#10 - Baa-ck In Time
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/23/2001
Sheep escapes through time to find a better life.
Director: Karen Villarreal
Writer: Joey Mazzarino, Mo Willems
6.8/10 17 votes#11 - Fleeced to Meet You
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/10/2001
General Specific hires X-Agent to befriend Sheep and entrap him so they can use him for the sheep powered ray gun. X-Agent successfully entraps Sheep but later changes his mind because he realizes that friendship with Sheep mattered more.
Director: Maurice Joyce
Writer: Mo Willems
7.1/10 13 votes#12 - A Star Is Shorn
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/24/2001
Sheep gets a job in a hip club as a waiter but soon General Specific finds him and almost knocks over the plates sheep was carrying. Sheep catches the plates and starts spinning them hypnotizing General Specific and while this happens Farmer John appears and convinces Sheep to go pro with his plate spinning act.
Director: Maurice Joyce
Writer: David Wain, Mo Willems
6.9/10 13 votes#13 - Mistaken Identi-sheep
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 7/8/2001
A sheep-like creature robs the town, while Sheep is blamed.
Director: Sue Perrotto
Writer: Joey Mazzarino, Mo Willems
6.7/10 16 votes#14 - To Sheep, Perchance to Dream
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/29/2001
This episode is all about the nightmares of people in the Big City.
Director: Karen Villarreal
Writer: Mo Willems